Boatwif
The occasional adventures of the Cleddau crew
About Us
We are ‘The Captain’ and ‘Boatwif’, owners of nb Cleddau.
Cleddau was a five year old youngster when we took her on in 1994. She was built for cruising on the River Trent. Over time Cleddau has had internal and external adjustments but she retains her original hull, propeller, anchor and portholes.
When asked (frequently) “What does Cleddau mean?” our response is usually “In Welsh it means swords but Cleddau is the name of the river that flows into the Milford Haven deep water estuary in Pembrokeshire…”
We both grew up in Pembrokeshire; for some years we have kept a record of what we call ‘Monkton Moments’, those exchanges with boaters and non-boaters who recognise our Pembrokeshire connections.
This blog below is a record of our mainly boating adventures.
RECENT KEN & SUE LOCATION
Day 6, Sunday 20th June
A busy morning followed by a chugging sort of afternoon: 11 locks in the Atherstone flight, generally...
Day 5, Saturday 19th June
Moored up mid-afternoon about two miles from Atherstone Bottom Lock (so we have the flight of 11 to look forward to tomorrow...
Day 4, Friday 18th June
From sunhats to rainhats, from sunscreen to waterproof gloves: the planning and packing for waterways “climate...
Day 3, Thursday 17th June
An early (0735) departure so as to get ahead and keep ahead of the queue-jumping convoy and to get some miles south...
Day 2, Wednesday 16th June
How fresh the air smelt this morning. Our start at about 0830 was rewarded by masses of sweet birdsong (and one...
Day 1: Tuesday June 15th
Our departure from Lyme View coincided with sharp north easterly winds, which meant that it took four attempts to...
Submissions from a non-submissive “boatwif”
So Part 2 of the 2010 Project has been reached! Bang on the Target Day, 15th June, narrowboat (nb) Cleddau drew out of...